Here are the fuselage sides with light ply and balsa doublers. Notice that the grain on the wood on the section near the trailing edge of the wing saddle is running vertical. This will allow a nice bend for the intake. It'll make more sense in future posts.

Got my batteries the other day. 4S1P 5000mah 30C Xtreme Power Systems. One battery is the largest battery I've ever owned, but to use all three at the same time... wow! And here is another plus, they actually weigh the same as the published specs. Infact, one is a couple grams less! Wow, thanks XPS!

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After much debate and discussion we've decided to name this jet CHARGER. We wanted a cool name that has an electric influence. The usual names came up such as volt, lighting, re-volt, spark... etc. But they've been used, used a lot! What about Charger? How many planes do you know of named Charger? In know there's a little toy, but? I'm a Mopar kind of guy, but the color choice put the final nail on the naming coffin. Slime Green! Oh ya! While I don't think that any Chargers were offered in Slime Green, it is a Mopar color. So there you have it, A Slime Green Jet, Named Charger.

I got the motor that you used in your test. I'm yet to run it up, possibly next weekend and we'll find out how the XPS batteries perform, and what kind of power loss we get at our altitude. Should be a 15% loss.

I got the motor that you used in your test. I'm yet to run it up, possibly next weekend and we'll find out how the XPS batteries perform, and what kind of power loss we get at our altitude. Should be a 15% loss.

There is a new pletti out that give 7.2 kg thrust on 40c 11s in the DS75.

Yes sir! My photos lag behind the project by about a week because dad lives on the other end of the valley. But we are excpecting a test flight in the first week of November. This should give us plenty of time to flight test and tweek the Charger before AEF.

I've got to say, I'm getting a little nervous! Its going to be tough to get that baby on the ground and shut down on our little runway... my hands are shaking just writing this. Or maybe its the 3 cups of coffee I've had this morning

There is a new pletti out that give 7.2 kg thrust on 40c 11s in the DS75.

I´ve seen this Dinator 70 motor in a Spark @ the JetPower flown by Dave Wilshere (Rotors and Motors UK). Mhhhh that was really cool and a lot of speed. Looks like a good motor for the DS75. They said its around 4600W.
reg Martin

did you ever test on 1521-1518's Steve? was just thinking of one was staying in 4 to 4.5 range there would be what? a 1/2 pound weight drop advantage right there? I.E be like making 1/2 pound more thrust, or just not needing 1/2 pound more however one wanted to see it.